Bosnia and Herzegovina Update

Bosnia and Herzegovina will accept carnets as of April 18th, 2011 and will accept carnets for all three conventions: Commercial Samples, Professional Equipment and Fairs and Exhibitions. Bosnia and Herzevogina is the 7th country on the Balkan Peninsula to join the ATA Carnet system. Other Balkan carnet members are: Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia. Of all the countries on the Balkan Peninsula, only Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia (eff. July 1, 2013) are European Union (EU)members so caution should be used when entering and exiting Balkan countries to and from an EU country with a carnet. Make sure that the carnet is properly validated when traveling between non-EU Balkan countries and EU countries to prevent future claims. However, if goods are properly imported into one EU carnet country and re-exported from a second EU carnet country, the Carnet holder is unlikely to encounter any claims fees.